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Scroll Saw Tension rod Nuts.


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Please I need help I saw on the web the other day that you can buy the tension rod nuts separately, like a idiot I forgot to save the site. I’m looking for the top nut the one that does the tensioning. I have a local guy who can make them, he says it will take him half an hour and wants $11 for a threaded nut. So I want to compare prices, because, although the saw is cutting fine and I got about 5 hours of scrolling in today, I’m still not happy, so I believe after checking everything, that the threaded nut has been hurt, hence I want to replace it and keep a few spares.

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Is it the knob that you are looking for? Can you recall anything at all about the site where you saw it? I found that you can buy the whole assembly from Wen for about $12 U.S. but I have no idea how much it will cost you in SA. I see that it has a flip lever. Is that what you are looking for?

 

 

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Ray, it’s not a flip over, the tension rod has a knob on the top that you turn to tension, the nut is a triangular left hand thread nut. That’s the guy I’m looking for.

In  S A we get Martlet, Ryobi & Record all the same 16” saws, THATS IT. Spares are hard to come by. The complete tension rod from Ryobi is $15.50 but Al always no stock.

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44 minutes ago, Don Bedggood said:

Ray, it’s not a flip over, the tension rod has a knob on the top that you turn to tension, the nut is a triangular left hand thread nut. That’s the guy I’m looking for.

In  S A we get Martlet, Ryobi & Record all the same 16” saws, THATS IT. Spares are hard to come by. The complete tension rod from Ryobi is $15.50 but Al always no stock.

Here's a pic of what I found in a google search. Can you give us the model number of your saw?

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Ray, I’ve made my own rods, I was concerned that the top triangular nut was a little stripped buy I’m cutting Russ Beard pattern now and everything is work well, thanks. I have a guy who can make me a few of those nuts just in case they do one day strip and damage the thread, I have one in my saw and a second one ready to go in in case of a emergency, all I do then is swap the tension rods and recycle the damaged one and it becomes the spare.

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